Remember When
- June 10, 202610 years ago (2016) •A pair of Luverne High School tennis players ended their season with a victory when they won the consolation championship at the 2016 Minnesota State Boys Tennis Tournament in Minneapolis on Friday. Senior Erik Wohnoutka and junior Chris Jelken qualified for the state tournament when they won the Section 3A doubles championship on May 31. … “Overall it was a great…
- June 03, 202610 years ago (2016) •A battered brass bugle has joined the collection of World War II artifacts at the Herreid Military Museum in Luverne. While it’s still a functional instrument, it’s now retired, as is its previous bugler, Lois Nelson, who played it for taps at hundreds of local funerals for veterans. And for the first time in decades, its haunting notes weren’t heard at Memorial Day…
- May 27, 202610 years ago (2016) •Each year, in his role as Luverne High School counselor, Craig Nelson gives LHS freshmen a list of careers. The list includes college professor, Mars exploration scientist, director of scouting for an NFL team, retractable stadium engineer, professional dancer and Big Ten Coach, among others. Nelson then asks the students what all of these careers have in common. The…
- May 20, 202610 years ago (2016) •The short 145th Street in Vienna Township is a dead-end minimum maintenance gravel road. So when Terri Murphy noticed several cars with out-of-town license plates lined up near her acreage, she asked questions. As it turns out, they were birdwatchers — the kind who take their hobby seriously. They were gazing south over the pond (once a gravel pit) with binoculars and…
- May 13, 202610 years ago (2016) •Al Willers is not a well-recognized name at Luverne Elementary School. He’s better known as “Grandpa Al.” Even his school badge reads “Grandpa Al,” as it has for the past 15 school years, where Willers has been a volunteer. His focus is helping elementary students with various math equations. “Math is used every day regardless of what they want to grow up to be,”…
- May 06, 202610 years ago (2016) •Megan Westrum, Steen, is one of three Minnesota West students named to the 2016 Phi Theta Kappa All-Minnesota USA Academic Team. Westrum, a student at the Worthington Campus, is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa and a member of the 2014-15 Lady Jay Basketball team. Westrum, a 2014 graduate of Hills-Beaver Creek High School, plans to pursue a degree at Southwest…
- April 29, 202610 years ago (2016) •The artwork of 17-year-old Brandon Sprock, son of Luverne High School graduate Sara (Schomacker) Sprock, is on display at the Museum of Visual Materials, Sioux Falls, through April 30. In December the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts South Dakota put out a call for art to be created by students across the state of South Dakota. Sprock, a student at LifeScape Specialty…
- April 22, 202610 years ago (2016) •With the retirement of longtime Heartland Express employee Elaine Birkestrand set for Sunday, May 1, county officials have been discussing different options to fill her position. Heartland Express provides public transportation to families, older adults and people with disabilities. The countywide service began in 1991. Birkestrand began as a part-time bus driver in…
- April 15, 202610 years ago (2016) •Glen Gust’s grocery career began when he was just a child. “I started delivering bread with the bread man when I was 7, and I delivered milk with the milk man when I was 12,” Gust recalled. “I made $4 a week — $1 per day — in the summers.” As a high school student in Canby he worked for the local grocery store, and after he graduated in 1966, he worked at Sullivan’s…
- April 08, 202610 years ago (2016) •The historic Carnegie Cultural Center was filled with resonating tones of mallets on metallic and wooden bars of new instruments that were delivered Wednesday, April 6. Luverne Street Music purchased the instruments- metallophones, xylophones, glockenspiels and other percussion instruments - from the Guitar Center, Sioux Falls, with donated funds. Continental Western…
- April 01, 202610 years ago (2016) •The April issue of National Geographic Magazine includes a collection of Minnesota photographs titled “93 Days of Spring” by Jim Brandenburg. The ”93 Days of Spring” contains more photographs than any other feature in the 128-year history of National Geographic Magazine. The previous record was Brandenburg’s 90 autumn images in “North Woods Journal” in the November 1997…
- March 25, 202610 years ago (2016) •The gravel pit pond in Luverne has become known as the Creamery Pond, due to its proximity to the former Land “O Lakes creamery. There’s no longer a creamery in Luverne, and Land ‘O Lakes is now Great Plains Processing, but the little body of water has retained the Creamery Pond identity for lack of a better name. Now city leaders and adjacent property owners are…
- March 18, 202610 years ago (2016) •When Greg Burger reflects on more than 40 years in his banking years, the memories are accented by both challenges and rewards. For example, he vividly recalls the farming crisis of the 1980s, but he had the satisfaction of helping people and that colors his career. “It’s been a wonderful career,” he said. “The most rewarding part of my career is when people came to me…
- March 11, 202610 years ago (2016) •The Rock County Community Library has been closed to patrons over the past month, and during that time the inside of the building received fresh paint, new carpeting and a whole new update. The library will reopen to patrons Monday. “We finally get to share all this work with the community,” said library director Serena Gutnik. “They have been really patient through all…
- March 04, 202610 years ago (2016) •A Luverne High School junior accomplished something no other Cardinal wrestler has in 16 years at the Minnesota State Class AA Wrestling Championships at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul over the weekend. Solomon Nielsen, who placed second at 160 pounds during the Section 3AA Tournament one week earlier, won three consecutive matches before falling in the finals to end…
- February 25, 202610 years ago (2016) •Greg Burger, market president for Minnwest Bank of Luverne, has announced his retirement after 32 years, effective March 31, 2016. Burger began his career with Norwest Bank Luverne in February of 1984 as senior vice president. The bank became Minnwest Bank Luverne in February of 1984 as senior vice president. The bank became Minnwest Bank Luverne in February of 1987 with…
You must log in to continue reading. Log in or subscribe today.
